Community price on backpack.tf: 29.0 keys, last changed 2026-05-21 (4mo ago). The live quote above, 26.7 keys, is 8% lower and last moved 22h ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $98.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Old Hire effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:22 UTC (3d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 26 keys, 41.33 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Caribou Companion”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
6 observations
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Old Hire Caribou Companion sell price, 2026-06-15 to 2026-09-04: 6 observations, from 26.8 keys to 26.7 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
15 JUN 2026 · 14:07 UTC
26.8 keys
24.1 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
21.7 keys
18.8 keys
9 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
24.0 keys
20.9 keys
16 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
22.6 keys
19.7 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
27.0 keys
23.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
26.7 keys
23.2 keys
Price history in numbers
6 readings since 15 Jun 2026
Over the last 30 days the Old Hire Caribou Companion's sell price ranged from 22.6 keys to 27.0 keys and is up 11.1% after 3 moves. Over a year it ranged from 21.7 keys to 27.0 keys (down 0.6%). Today's 26.7 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 21.7 keys (19 Jul 2026) and the highest 27.0 keys (30 Aug 2026). The price has moved 5 times since we began recording it — about once every 16 days.